A former executive at Yoozoo Games has been sentenced to death in China over the 2020 poisoning of the company’s founder.Xu Yao poisoned the food of company founder Lin Qi in December 2020 because of a dispute over the running of the business, the Shanghai First Intermediate People’s Court said.Four other people became ill but did not die after Xu poisoned beverages in the office between September and December 2020 because of disputes with two of them, the court said in a statement.
Yoozoo owns the film rights to The Three-Body Problem, a best-selling Chinese science fiction trilogy, and Xu headed up a subsidiary in charge of business related to it, according to Chinese media reports. In September 2020, the company granted Netflix the right to produce an adaptation of the trilogy, Chinese state media reported at the time.
Yoozoo, also known as Youzu Interactive, developed Game Of Thrones: Winter Is Coming, a game based on the TV series.We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
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Former executive given death sentence over poisoning of gaming company founderA Shanghai court was told Xu Yao poisoned the food of Yoozoo Games founder Lin Qi in December 2020.
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